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Old July 18th 05, 04:37 PM
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captainarwen wrote:
> I have a '99 Civic (manual trans) with 68K miles. When I was driving on a
> long trip this weekend, with a lot of stop and go traffic, my car started
> to make a loud grinding sound and rattling when I would use the
> transmission to slow down the car- either downshifting or taking my foot
> off the gas. It would not make the sound when I used the brake to slow
> down. Any ideas?
>

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Your Manual Tranny Fluid is six years / 68,000 miles old. The brake
fluid in your clutch hydraulics is probably also overdue to be changed.
Those two items would seem to be a good place to start. What does your
Owner's Manual say?

'Curly'

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